Machinery Research Department,
Research & Innovation Center
As the working population declines due to the aging of society and the declining birthrate and a trend toward reducing labor costs in response to intensifying global competition, the need for human resource minimization and factory automation in manufacturing sites is growing. On the other hand, in high-mix low-volume production sites, where it is difficult to introduce large-scale manufacturing automation systems, the introduction of human collaborative robots that can work together with workers can be expected to improve production efficiency. Research & Innovation Center of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. has developed an autonomous mobile human collaborative robot platform. This system is characterized by the robot's self-traveling to the work site and its ability to handle a variety of tasks by attaching and detaching the necessary tip tools for each task, and is being introduced to various manufacturing sites in Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. Group. This paper reports on the outline and features of this system.
